{"id":4894,"date":"2012-04-30T04:35:52","date_gmt":"2012-04-30T10:35:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=4894"},"modified":"2025-09-01T11:46:19","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T16:46:19","slug":"great-egret-preening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2012\/04\/30\/great-egret-preening\/","title":{"rendered":"Great Egret – Preening"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"GreatGreat Egret Preening – Nikon D200, handheld, f6.3, 1\/1600, ISO 200, Nikkor 80-400mm VR at 340mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

Just a simple Great Egret image that always seems to tickle my funny bone when I view it because of the pose. I was wandering through a Florida Spartina marsh when I came across this egret preening and watched as it seemed to turn itself into a pretzel!<\/p>\n

Getting this image was no easy feat. I had to sit down on the ground with young spartina<\/span><\/a> plants that were poking through my pants to get the photo. Those things hurt!<\/p>\n

It was worth it though because every time I look at this photo I laugh. Then laugh some more. And I love to laugh, it is part of my<\/em> nature.<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/a><\/span> to see more of my Great Egret photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Just a simple Great Egret (Ardea alba) image that always seems to tickle my funny bone when I view it because of the pose.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":153717,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[27,25,362,89],"tags":[4004,4272,4039,5132,6214,743,351,37,4157,11399,363,173,90,519,4019,11397,4018,4139,165,11398],"class_list":["post-4894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-avian","category-florida","category-great-egrets","category-humor","tag-adult","tag-ardea-alba","tag-beach","tag-coastal","tag-dunes","tag-egret","tag-egrets","tag-florida-2","tag-funny","tag-funny-bone","tag-great-egret","tag-gulf-coast","tag-humor-2","tag-nature","tag-preening-2","tag-pretzel","tag-sky","tag-spartina","tag-spring","tag-twisted"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t